Brown County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1913 (part 7 of 14)

1904. On the expiration of that period the nephew purchased the uncle's interest and afterward carried on business alone under the name of the Dorschel Produce Company, that style having been adopted in 1898. P. F. Dorschel is equally widely known in connection with banking interests, being now president of The Bank of Green Bay, which was founded by David Decker, whose interests have since been purchased by the present stockholders. On the reorganization of the business Mr. Dorschel was elected vice president and in 1908 was chosen to the presidency. The bank that most carefully safeguards its business in order to protect its depositors is the bank that most merits the public confidence. A recognition of this fact has won for The Bank of Green Bay a prominent place in financial circles. The number of its patrons indicates that the public has recognized a guarantee of safety in the strict rules that govern the conduct of this bank and in the large individual means and commercial standing of its shareholders. In addition to his other interests Mr. Dorschel is the vice president of the Murphy Land & Investment Company. Whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion and his enterprise is unfaltering, his energy unabating.

On the 15th of June, 1895, m Green Bay, Mr. Dorschel was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Schumacher, a daughter of Querin and Frances Schumacher, the former one of the old-time residents of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Dorschel have five children : Querin, Clarence and Leonard, who are all attending St. Francis school ; Louise ; and Mildred. The family reside at No. 338 St. Quincy street, Mr. Dorschel having purchased an attractive and pleasant home there. In politics he is a democrat but does not seek the honors and emoluments of office as a reward for party fealty. He belongs" to the Knights of Columbus and has a large social as well as business acquaintance throughout Green Bay and the surrounding country. As a man and citizen he ranks high in public regard and it is a recognized fact that his efforts in a business way have contributed to the upbuilding and prosperity of the city.

Dr. Thomas J. Oliver is one of the best known and most highly esteemed physicians in Green Bay, with office at No. 603 Minahan building since June, 1905. He was born in Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, September 7, 1874, his parents being James and Ellen Oliver. His father, who was a marine engineer on various boats on the Great Lakes, came from England to this country about 1868 and settled in Green Bay in 1876. He is still living in this city and resides at the old homestead. His wife died in 1887 and is buried in the Woodlawn cemetery.

Dr. Oliver received his primary education in the Fort Howard public schools and was graduated from the Green Bay high school in 1894. Immediately afterward he entered the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons at Milwaukee and received his medical degree from that institution in 1898. He commenced his professional life in Eden, Fond du

Lac count)', where he engaged in the general practice of medicine from 1898 until 1905. In that year he removed to Green Bay and has been active and prominent in medical circles of this city since that time. While he was a resident of Eden, he served as health officer; is now president of the Brown County Medical Society and is prominent in the affairs of the Kewaunee Medical Society.

On September 28, 1899, Dr. Oliver was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Brett, a daughter of Dr. Brett, one of the oldest physicians in Brown county and the founder of the Brown County Medical Society. Dr. and Mrs. Oliver are the parents of three children : James, Elizabeth, and Margaret, all of whom are attending school in Green Bay and living with their parents at No. 900 Third street.

In his political views Dr. Oliver is a socialist. He is a Knights Templar Mason and prominent in the affairs of the Knights of Pythias. He also holds membership in the Order of Odd Fellows and in the Green Bay Turn Verein. He is regarded in this city as one of its progressive and enterprising physicians, and few men are more popular or more widely known.

Science has many rewards to offer to her followers in the shape of fulfilled ambition, satisfaction of intellectual desire and an honored place in the ranks of learned men, but to the real scientist the most precious power which can reward a life of hard study and earnest effort is the ability to aid his fellowmen. A scientist of this sort, a man actively interested in the humanitarian side of his profession is Dr. George Senn, a practicing physician of De Pere. He is the son of Henry and Sophia (Findeisen) Senn, who came to Green Bay from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, about 1870. The family is of Swiss origin but has been in this country for a number of years. Henry Senn, the father, followed the occupation of school-teaching in Green Bay for some time, but is now residing in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. His wife died in 1890.

Dr. Senn received his early education in the public schools of Oshkosh and later attended the Oshkosh State Normal School, from which he received a life certificate as a teacher. He spent the year 1895-6 teaching school in Green Bay, after which time he attended the University of Wisconsin, graduating with the degree of B. S. in 1901. He held a fellowship in physiology under Professor Jacques Loeb and spent two years in exhaustive research work under the latter's supervision. In 1903 Dr. Senn received the degree of M. S. from the University of Chicago for post-graduate work. In 1903 he entered Rush Medical College, from which institution he received his M. D. degree in December, 1904. With this splendid educational equipment Dr. Senn began the practice of his chosen profession. He was made house surgeon of St. Joseph's Hospital at St. Joseph, Missouri, and acted in that capacity from January 1. 1905, to December 31 of the same year. He began the general practice of medicine in St. Joseph, Missouri, and remained in that city for four years. On January i, 1910, he came to De Pere and opened his present offices. During his residence in St. Joseph he was lieutenant and assistant surgeon for three years and later captain and assistant surgeon in the Fourth Regiment of Missouri National Guard. On coming to De Pere in 1910 he continued to specialize in surgery and has gained a reputation during the two years of his residence in this city as one of the most careful and successful surgeons in Brown county. His medical knowledge is kept up-todate by continuous and exhaustive reading along professional lines. He keeps thoroughly informed regarding every new discovery and never lets his scientific attainments lapse from the high standard which he set for himself at the beginning of his professional career. He is a member of the Brown County Medical Society and is also prominent in the Wisconsin State and American Medical Societies.

In 1908 Dr. Senn was united in marriage to Aliss Gertrude Yolmer, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and they are the parents of two children : George Nicholas, who was born in 1909; and Loeb H., born in 191 1. Dr. Senn is a firm believer in the value of physical exercise and outdoor life and gained a reputation while a student in different universities for remarkable athletic power. He earned his "W" at the University of Wisconsin by his work on the football team in the winter of 1899-1900 and was also an efficient sprinter in his college track team. He carried on this work while studying at the University of Chicago and earned his letter "C" there, tieing the world's record. He is one of three men in the world who made a thirty-five yard dash in four seconds flat and he also tied the western record of ten seconds. Since his removal to De Pere Dr. Senn has built up a very gratifying practice in medicine and surgery and this is continuously increasing as his ability and skill have become more widely known. He worked his way through school, depending entirely upon his own resources, and his success in life is due to his own unaided efforts.

Joseph D. Dorschel

Joseph D. Dorschel has been prominent in business circles of Green Bay since 1902, when he was elected vice president of Dorschel Produce Company upon its organization. His business life has always been distinguished by the rare qualities of industry and perseverance and these characteristics in combination with his well known honesty and integrity have gained him an enviable position in commercial circles. He was born in Ontario, Canada, March 6, 1875, and is the son of Joseph and Agnes Dorschel, who were residents of Canada for many years.

Joseph D. Dorschel acquired his early education in the public schools of Dublin and Berlin, Canada, but laid aside his text-books at the age of sixteen to learn the trade of cigar manufacturing, at which he worked for some time. His next position was in a piano factory, which was followed by a year in the satchel and trunk business. After spending a short time in the hardware business he came to Green Bay in 1893 a°d in partnership with his brother entered the produce business, which was successful from the beginning. In 1902 the business was incorporated as the Dorschel Produce Company, with Mr. Dorschel as vice president. The firm has offices at No. 300 South Washington street, Green Bay, where they are enjoying one of the largest trades along their line in the city.

Mr. Dorschel resides at No. 19 Soquet building. He is a prominent member of the Order of Elks but beyond this has no fraternal affiliations. In politics he is a democrat and a stanch believer in the principles which govern that party. He never seeks public office but takes an intelligent interest in public affairs and always casts his vote at each election for his party candidate. He is still a comparatively young man but has gained a degree of success in his business which we are accustomed to attribute only to long practical experience. He is absorbed in his business and personally interested in its various details. It is upon such young men as Joseph Dorschel, energetic, active and modern in their methods, that the commercial future of Green Bay depends.

Louis Fabry

Scientific efficiency is the watchword of progress today and knowledge to be productive must be detailed and specialized, must take into consideration modern methods. A man who brings to his building enterprise the most up-to-date ideas of business efficiency is Louis Fabry, who as head of the Fabry Construction Company of Green Bay, Wisconsin, is one of the most prominent contractors and builders of the city. Mr. Fabry is a native of Belgium and was born in the province of Namur, January 17, 1862. He is a son of John and Euprasie (Farsi) Fabry, and his father followed contracting in his native country.

Louis Fabry was educated in Belgium and learned the mason's trade there. When he was twenty-four years of age he came, in 1886, to the United States. He was first employed as mason foreman in the iron mines at Marquette, Michigan, and was active in this line of occupation until 1890. In that year he started in the construction and building business in Green Bay, Wisconsin, laying the foundation of his present flourishing enterprise. He operated under the name of Louis Fabry until 191 1, when he took his son Henry into a partnership and incorporated the firm under the name of the Fabry Construction Company. It is one of the most progressive and rapidly growing enterprises in the state and the company has been responsible for the building of many of the most important structures in Green Bay. Its policy is always expansive and under the able management of Mr. Fabry the business has branched out in all departments and has attained a statewide reputation. Among the numerous buildings constructed by the firm may be mentioned the Minahan building, the largest office structure in Green Bay, the East and West high schools, the Pine street school and the Howe school, which buildings are among the best equipped and constructed buildings of their kind in the city. The business structures include the International Harvester building, the building belonging to the Standard Oil Company, the office building of the Rahr Brewing Company and the Platten building. Mr. Fabry as head of his firm has done efficient and able work in church construction and is responsible for the building of St. John's Roman Catholic church which is just completed; the Christ Episcopal church ; the school of the Polish monastery and the home of Bishop Fox, all of which are situated in Green Bay and add greatly to the beauty and attractiveness of that city. As his enterprise has expanded Mr. Fabry has extended his field of activity beyond the city in which he lives and has been prominent and active in building circles of many Wisconsin cities. He was identified with the construction of the high-school building at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and the First National Bank building in .Menominee, Michigan. At Seymour, Wisconsin, he planned and erected a large furniture store and office building and built and strengthened the two wings of the high fall, where water power is furnished to Green Bay. In all of his building activities he is actuated by the ambition to be thoroughly reliable and scientifically efficient. He has traveled all over the United States in the interest of his work and has been particularly careful to investigate any new idea or method in construction lines. He has made two trips to Europe, visiting England, Belgium, Holland, France and Germany in order to familiarize himself with the methods of European building and to compare them with the principles of American construction. He has sought everywhere for advanced ideas along his line of occupation and has carefully systematized his broad and ever widening knowledge.

In 1887 Mr. Fabry was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Hendricks, of Green Bay, and to their union have been born four children : Cecelia, secretary and general bookkeeper for her father ; Henry, who married Miss Ida Barrett, of Green Bay; and Angeline and Virginia, both at home. The family residence is at 330 South Jackson street. Mr. Fabry is more than a builder, in the ordinary sense, for he has added to and aided progress in architecture in all of its branches in America. He has a special knowledge gained by wide experience in his extensive travels through the world and his consistent success is but the result of ability and industry.

William Henry Dolan

One of the foremost men in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad is William Henry Dolan, assistant superintendent of the Lake Shore division at Green Bay. For over thirty years, or the entire period of his active life, he has been identified with railroading and through successive stages of progress and advancement has worked his way upward to a prominent place in the administrative branches of the business. He was born in McHenry county, Illinois, April 20, 1866, and is a son of Philip and Mary (Hogan) Dolan, natives of Ireland. His father was born in the town of Kingsfield, County Roscommon, in 1823, and at the age of sixteen came to America with his brothers, John and Michael, and located in New York city. Here he became connected with railroading near the Hudson river and made this section his home for some time. Later his business brought him to Vermont, where he was employed at East Rutland and Brattleboro. He went to Chicago in 1853 ar*d there assisted in the construction of the Chicago & Northwestern at a point which was known at that time as Deer Grove but which is now called Palatine. The road was built from that city to Janesville, Wisconsin, and when the work was completed Mr. Dolan was transferred to Cary, Illinois, where he did able and conscientious work until his advanced age required his retirement to a more easy position. He was then made flagman at Cary and at the time of his death in 1898 was in the forty-fifth consecutive year of his service with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. His wife was also a native of Ireland and came to America in early life. In their family were seven children beside our subject. Thomas C. is a passenger conductor on the main line of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad operating between Chicago and Janesville, Wisconsin, in the thirty-fourth year of his service. He has a pleasant home at 3730 Fortysecond avenue, Irving Park, Illinois. Ellen married W. J. Ryan, who is employed as a structural iron worker at Barrington, Illinois. Mary passed away in 1898. Previous to that time she had resided in Spokane, Washington. Patrick died in 1866. Michael died in infancy. The two youngest daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dolan also died in infancy.

\\ hen William H. Dolan had completed his education at the age of sixteen he learned telegraphy and took a position in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and thus began a period of connection with this line of occupation which has lasted for over thirty years. He engaged as telegraph operator at Milton Junction, Wisconsin, in October, 1882, and was stationed there until he became identified with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad as operator. He held a similar position at Augusta, Wisconsin, and was from there transferred to Eau Claire, where he remained for one year. At the end of that time he resigned from the service of this railroad and was made brakeman with the Wisconsin Central, his territory lying between Eau Claire and Butternut. His energy and ability won him promotion from this position to that of assistant operator and bill clerk and he was stationed for some time at Ashland and later was transferred to Chippewa Falls, where he worked as operator. When he resigned his position with the Wisconsin Central he became identified with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad as operator at Central Junction and after a short period of service resigned and went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he accepted a similar position with the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad, working at the Third street freight house and in the train dispatcher's office at Fourth and Wacouta streets. Eventually, however, he determined that the regular train service offered him more opportunities for advancement than the telegraph service and he accordingly received his transfer to the position of brakeman and worked upon the line running betwen Rush City and Grantsburg. He was later stationed on the Hinckley way freight on the division between Hinckley and St. Paul and he resigned this position in 1886 in order to resume his connection with the telegraph service in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad on their Wisconsin division. In the same year he was made freight brakeman and after one year was appointed operator at Lakeside and at the Elizabeth Street station in Milwaukee, which was then known as the Allis station. He left the service of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in 1888 and entered the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad on their Chicago & Council Bluffs division in Illinois. He served as operator at Savanna, Illinois, and at other points along the line, resigning in the fall of 1888. At that time he reentered the service of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad as operator and brakeman on their Wisconsin division and was soon afterward promoted to the position of train dispatcher. Some idea of the value and usefulness of his service and the way in which they were regarded regarded in high official circles may be gained from the fact that he was especially appointed to that position by Mr. Gardener, president of the Northwestern system. Mr. Dolan left Chicago in the last month of the World's Fair working in various departments of western lines for a period of five years. Finally, in the year 1898 he became connected with the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad at Joliet, Illinois, and he worked in the interest of this system until 1900, when he engaged with the Grand Trunk Western Railroad as train dispatcher, with headquarters at Durand and Battle Creek, Michigan. He resigned this position in December, 1901, and again entered the service of the Wisconsin division of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, accepting the position of train dispatcher at Oshkosh. When the headquarters of this division were transferred from Oshkosh to Fond du Lac in 1902, Mr. Dolan went to the latter city as dispatcher and did able, reliable and conscientious work in that capacity until June 1, 1907, when he was promoted to the position of chief train dispatcher on the Lake Shore division, with headquarters at Green Bay. This office he held until April 1, 1912, when he was again promoted, receiving the position of assistant superintendent of the Lake Shore division, and in one year he has by his able work, keen business judgment and discernment fully justified his appointment.

Mr. Dolan married, at Detroit, Michigan, on March 18, 1901, Miss Martha Lovley, who was born in Ufford, Ontario, Canada, in 1868. a daughter of Patrick and Barbara Lovley. Mr. and Mrs. Dolan have two children: Alice Marie, who is ten years of age and is attending school; and Grace, aged seven, who is also pursuing her studies.

The Dolan family are recognized as one of the most prominent Catholic families in Green Bay and have always been devout adherents of that religion. They attend St. Patrick's church and Mr. Dolan is well known in the affairs of the Knights of Columbus. At different periods in his career he has been prominent in local politics and for two terms was a village trustee in North Fond du Lac. In the spring of 1907 he was defeated at the caucus for the nomination to the position of village clerk but ran independently and won the election over both his rivals by a majority of seven votes. When he came to Green Bay, however, he resigned this position and has never taken an active part in the public life of the city. For thirty years he has been identified with railroading in its different phases and has become an expert in his line of work. He gives to his employers the invaluable service of a man of keen business discrimination, reliability and conscientiousness, combined with the progressive instinct and that special efficiency which are the foundation of success.

Eleazer Morrell

Eleazer Morrell, the oldest barber in Green Bay and Fort Howard, has been conducting his shop in his present location for forty-three years and has definitely established himself among the representative business men of the city. He was born in Burlington, Vermont, January 24. 1846, a son of Henry and Louisa (Epron) Morel. The spelling of the name has undergone some changes since the family moved from Switzerland to America and now stands in its present form.

The father of our subject was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and came bo America in 1842 with his wife and daughter, settling in Quebec, Canada. In his native country he had been a licensed physician but never followed his profession in America, becoming active and successful as a missionary in Quebec, where he lived for four years. At the end of that time he went to Vermont, where he followed the same calling. In 1861 he came to Brown county, settling in Robbinsonville, where he lived about eight years. He died September 8, 1898, at the age of eighty-three years, in Onaga, Kansas. His wife was in her maidenhood, Miss Louisa Epron, a native of Geneva, Switzerland, and a daughter of Henry Epron, a trooper under Napoleon Bonaparte. Three of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morel are living: Adella, the widow of B. Perrssal, of Neuchatel, Kansas; Nadab, a machinist of Milwaukee; and Eleazer, of this review.

Eleazer Morrell attended school in his native section and after laying aside his book clerked in a hardware store and later in a mercantile establishment, after which he learned the barber's trade which he has been following successfully since that time. In 1869 he came to Green Bay and established himself in his present location. Little by little his patronage increased as he became more widely known, and today he is doing an excellent and profitable business.

Aside from the conduct of his barber shop, Mr. Morrell is interested in a new cancer cure which he discovered and with which he has obtained some remarkable results, having treated many serious cases successfully He first became interested in medicine by watching his father work. The latter was in his early years a licensed physician and chemist in Switzerland and he taught the profession to his son, who has made effective application of his knowledge in his new treatment for cancer.

Mr. Morrell married Miss Mathilda Emily Mars, who was born in Paris, France, January 17, 1867. They have five children. William H. was born in 1867 and is an engineer in Los Angeles, California. Emma is the wife of William H. Dundas, who is associated with the Allis-Chalmers Company, of Milwaukee. They have three children. Fred, who is an engineer in Green Bay, is married and has one child. Julia is the wife of William E. Blankenship, of Green Bay and has four children. Josie, the youngest of this family, married William H. Burns, manager of the Valley Iron Works, of Appleton, and they have five children.

Mr. Morrell was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church and is a devout adherent of this religion, and for fourteen years has done able work as Sunday-school superintendent. He is a member of the local, barber's union and has held several offices in this organization. He is one of the early settlers in Green Bay and has witnessed much of the development of the city during the forty-three years in which he has conducted his shop. His friends are numerous and have been attracted to him by his many fine qualities of mind and heart.

Desire Bredael

Desire Bredael, living upon a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Denmark, improved and operated along the most practical and systematic lines is accounted one of the most successful and representative farmers of this section of Brown county. Although he has owned his present place only a short time he has it in excellent condition, the land being well developed and improved and highly productive. He was born at Martinville, in i860, a son of Michael Bredael, one of the early settlers in Wisconsin, who came to Brown county in the early '50s and settled upon forty acres of land which he began to cultivate. It was covered with a dense growth of pine trees which he was obliged to cut down before beginning the work of tilling the soil. From the lumber cut down he erected a crude log cabin in which he lived for a number of years. He was truly a pioneer, coming to this section when the timber growth was so thick that even the sun could not penetrate it in places and when a great many herds of deer and bear lived in the dense forests. The roads at that time were nothing but foot trails and provisions had to be carried eighteen miles from the nearest settlement. The father of our subject gave his entire time and attention to clearing and developing his farm and eventually achieved success.

Desire Bredael was reared at home and from early youth was active in the work of his father's farm. He received no schooling whatsoever, his early life being filled with hardships and almost uninterrupted labor. When he grew to maturity he went to Green Bay and for some time was engaged in the cement-contracting business. He followed this line of occupation for a number of years, eventually coming to Denmark where he now owns one of the finest farms in this section. He has one hundred and twenty acres of land, improved and developed along the most modern lines, and upon this he does general farming, gaining a gratifying success by practical methods.

Mr. Bredael married Miss Anna Von Beaver, and they have three children: Michael, twenty-five years of age, who married Miss Hattie Hoffman ; Vick, who is twenty-three years old, and who married Miss Adele Charnier ; and Mary, who is eighteen years of age, and lives at home. The family are members of the Roman Catholic church.

Gunder Gunderson

Guilder Gunderson was a farmer and ship builder of De Pere, and was long connected with shipping interests at various points along the Great Lakes and no phase of navigation in this part of the world was unfamiliar to him. He passed away October 27, 1912, and found his last resting place in Fort Howard cemetery. He had passed the seventy-eighth milestone on life's journey, at the time of his death, his birth occurring in Norway, April 2, 1834. His father, Guilder Gutormson, was also a son of the land of the midnight sun, and in 1855 sailed for the United States accompanied by his wife and son. He was a ship builder by trade and followed that pursuit for four years after becoming a resident of Green Bay. He died in 1893, h's wife having passed away a few years before.

Gunder Gunderson, their only child, took up ship building in Chicago and followed that pursuit in Milwaukee and other lake towns. Finally he came to Green Bay and subsequently engaged in farming near De Pere. In 1858, however, he and a partner built a small sloop at De Pere which was his first start in a work that eventually brought him a goodly measure of success. He walked from Manitowoc to De Pere to obtain this job, carrying with him a few slices of bread to appease his hunger while his cash capital consisted of but fifty cents. He was afterward employed at boat repairing and subsequently sailed a boat on Fox lake for which he received a wage of but fourteen dollars per month, making trips between De Pere and Berlin. At different times he assisted in building many of the old sailing vessels, among them the "Mary Nau'" and other large ships. Carefully saving his earnings he at length regarded his capital sufficient to enable him to purchase a farm. For a considerable period he was actively engaged in the cultivation and further development of this place but in 1907 he retired from active work. He at one time owned three hundred acres of land and other property besides. He lived for the rest of his life in the enjoyment of a well earned rest, having worked earnestly and diligently to acquire a competence.

In 1866 Mr. Gunderson was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Anderson, who was born in Norway in 1847 ar*d in 1864 was brought by her parents to the United States, the family home being established at Fort Howard, Wisconsin. Her father was an old sailor and afterward followed ship building, thus devoting his entire life to marine interests. To .Mr. and Mrs. Gunderson were born thirteen children: George, who died in infancy; Emilia and Peter, who have also passed away; Augusta, the wife of Flenry Janssen, a ship builder, by whom she has one son, Evans ; Herman, who is chief engineer of a lake vessel and married Minnie Kreblin; Constance, who married Charles Johnson, now deceased ; Albert, who is also a chief engineer on a lake vessel ; Paul, who is married and lives at Iron Mountain; Raymond, who is in the mail service; Benjamin, who is on a lake steamer ; and Esther, who is attending the normal school in Milwaukee. The others died in infancy.

Mr. Gunderson was reared in the faith of the Lutheran church. He was not an office seeker nor did he take an active part in politics. He started out in the world to earn his own living when a young lad and early realized the fact that industry is the surest foundation upon which to build success. There were few leisure hours in his life up to the time of his retirement. The opportunity for work is open to all who desire it and he had no difficulty in obtaining employment for he was both faithful and capable. Gradually he advanced until his labors placed him on the high road to prosperity. His demise occasioned deep mourning and wide-spread regret not only in the family but among the many friends he had made during a long and honorable life, who admired him for his true and manly qualities, his kindliness and his warm-heartedness.

Herman E. Getzloff

Herman E. Getzloff, a native of Green Bay and the son of a pioneer in its settlement, was born November 28, 1866. His father, John Getzloff, was a native of southern Prussia and came with his wife to America in 1853, settling in Green Bay, where he was employed in a sawmill for a number of years. He later became a watchman and was thus employed at the time of his death in 1897, when he was seventy-four years of age. He married Miss Martha Greenwold, who was also born in Germany and who died in 1893, when she was sixty-eight years of age. Both were devout adherents of the Lutheran church. They had two children : Herman E., of this review; and Albert, who has passed away.

After completing his education in the public schools Herman E. Getzloff obtained a position as call boy with the Milwaukee & Northern Railroad and remained in the employ of that corporation until he was seventeen. He then became identified with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad and for twenty-one years served as switchman and yardmaster, gaining during that time the confidence and esteem of his employers as a thoroughly reliable, trustworthy and capable man. In 1906 he embarked in the saloon business, in which he has met with success.

Mr. Getzloff is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also holds membership in the Order of Moose and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is now serving his second term as alderman from the -eighth ward, discharging his duties capably and efficiently and with constant consideration for the public welfare.

William Nelson

William Nelson is operating a fine farm of one hundred and eight acres in New Denmark and has improved the property greatly since he became identified with its management. He was born in De Pere, in 1874, a son of Rasmus and Sena Nelson, natives of Denmark. Flis father came to this country in 1852 and for some time resided in Michigan, coming from that state to Oconto county, where he remained until after a fire which devastated his place. He spent two years after this in Chicago and at the end of that time came to Brown county, where he purchased land near New Denmark which he cleared and cultivated. The land was covered with stumps and brush which had to be removed before planting could begin. Gradually, however, the father got his property into excellent condition and made it one of the finest farms in the section.

William Nelson has now sole charge of the one hundred and eight acres which his father purchased on coming to Brown county and is directing his labors along progressive and systematic lines. He has put up all the improvements and has the land under high cultivation. He makes his home with his parents who still reside upon the farm.

Mr. Nelson was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Jensen, and they are the parents of six children. Yerna, Howard, Lucilla, Norma, Ruth and Hilbert, all of whom live at home. The family are members of the Danish Lutheran church. Mr. Nelson is a representative of modern agricultural standards, who by hard work, directed along systematic lines, by energy, efficiency, and industry has brought his farm to a high state of development, making it one of the fine properties in New Denmark.

Jules Parmentier

The city of Green Bay for more than forty years profited by the cooperation of Jules Parmentier in its public projects and by his activity in its business circles. He was indeed a prominent and successful resident here and his labors were an important element in the upbuilding of the city. A record such as his, a record of unfaltering energy, of unbounded enterprise and of marked perseverance, resulting in success, never fails to elicit attention, interest and admiration, showing what may be accomplished when an individual has the will to dare and to do.

Mr. Parmentier was born in Henre, in the province of Namure, Belgium, April 15, 1853, and came to America with his father and other members of the family in 1872, when a youth of nineteen years. The family home was established in Green Bay, where he first engaged in merchandising, laying the foundation for his success in his careful management of that enterprise. Subsequently he turned his attention to realestate dealing, in which he continued until his death, handling much valuable property and negotiating many important realty transfers. He contributed to the material development of the city as the builder of the Parmentier block, a fine brick structure three stories in height, and also the Douglas block. These stand as monuments to his enterprise, his industry and his progressiveness.

In early manhood Mr. Parmentier was married to Miss Margaret Merrill, whose father was the last commandant of Fort Howard. They became the parents of two sons, Jules and Douglas M. The death of the husband and father ocurred in May, 191 1, when he had reached the age of fifty-nine years, and his remains were interred in YYoodlawn cemetery.

Mr. Parmentier held membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He did not seek to figure prominently in public affairs outside of business circles yet his influence was beneficial and far-reaching. Like many a man of foreign birth he found among conditions in the new world the business opportunity which he sought and in its utilization worked his way steadily upward, achieving individual success but at the same time through the nature of his interests contributing to public prosperity.

Diedrich J. Wittig

Diedrich J. Wittig is the proprietor of the Bay City Hotel, the oldest enterprise of its kind in Green Bay, and has been identified with its management since 1907. He is a native of Brown county, having been born in New Denmark, June 28, 1882, a son of Carl Ferdinand and Catherina (Buckmann) Wittig, the former a native of Denmark and the latter of Delmenhorst, Oldenburg, Germany. The father was born on the 20th of October, 1851, and came to America at an early date, settling in New Denmark, Wisconsin, where he operated a store for a number of years. He was prominent in local republican politics and served in the state legislature as representative from the first district in 1908, dying while still a member of that body, April 17, 1909. His wife*s birth occurred June 28, 1844. and her parents were Ahrend and Henrietta S. Buckmann. She was twice married, her first husband being August Lange. by whom she had five children. Her second marriage was with the father of our subject and by this union three children were born: Henry F., president of the Condensed Milk Companv and a director of the Bank -of Denmark; Martha, the wife of L. H. Hebel, of Green Bay; and Diedrich J., the subject of this sketch.

Diedrich J. Wittig was educated in the public schools of New Denmark, Wisconsin, and the Green Bay Business College, and when he laid aside his books clerked for his father for a number of years. After he attained his majority he spent one year in the south and then settled in Green Bay, acting as deputy county treasurer under his father, who served for two terms. During that time he became identified with the hotel business, leasing the Bay City Hotel, and he has since been active in its management. The hotel is the oldest in the city but Mr. Wittig has kept it modern and up-to-date in every particular, being progressive in his ideas and able in his business administration. The constant attention which he pays to the comfort and convenience of his guests and the systematic management of the various departments, combined with his business discrimination, have been factors in the success which has made him one of the leading hotel men in Green Bay.

In 1908 Mr. Wittig was united in marriage to Miss Marie Kraynick, a native of Eaton township and a daughter of Stephen and Marie Kraynick, of Prague, Austria. Mr. and Mrs. Wittig are the parents of three children : Theodore F. A., aged four years; Viola C. M., aged two; and Homer R. F., who is a year old.

Mr. Wittig is a member of the Lutheran church. He belongs to the Green Bay Turn Yerein and the Danish Brotherhood, being prominent in the affairs of both organizations. He is still too young to have achieved his final success but he has already accomplished much by his industry, energy and business acumen, qualities which promise well for greater future success.

Charles Peterson

Charles Peterson is operating a fine farm of sixty acres in New Denmark, his native section, and since his childhood has been engaged in agricultural pursuits upon this property, first as assistant to his father and then as owner. He has it now in excellent condition, well improved and productive. His birth occurred in 1876 and he is a son of Albert and Mary (Nelson) Peterson. The father came to America in 1865 and settled upon a farm in Brown county. He cleared the heavy growth of timber and built a log cabin in which he resided for a number of years. He and his wife had five children beside the subject of this review: Peter, who married Hilda Eggen; Ole, whose wife was in her maidenhood Miss Petra Peterson; John; and Katie, who married Charles Johnson ; and Anna, deceased.

Charles Peterson attended the district schools of his native section and from his early childhood assisted his father in the work of improving and developing the farm. He is now the proprietor of the homestead and has been identified with much of the work of clearing the land and erected most of the buildings. The sixty acres constitute one of the most productive farms in the district and the owner is one of New Denmark's most enterprising native sons.

Mr. Peterson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Anderson, a daughter of Otto Anderson, and they have one son, Autlin, who is three years of age. The family are members of the Danish Lutheran church.

Mr. Peterson is independent in his political beliefs, voting for the man whom he considers best fitted for the position without regard to party affiliations. He has many friends in the section where he was born and although he devotes most of his time to farming is interested and active in the promotion of its growth and welfare.

Mathias Nooyen

One of the most progressive and able agriculturists of Brown county is Mathias Nooyen, who owns and operates a fine farm of one hundred acres in Humboldt township. He is a native of this section and a son of a pioneer in its settlement, and since the beginning of his independent career has become widely known as an industrious and energetic man, who keeps in touch with the spirit of progress that has been manifest along agricultural lines, and by his systematic methods and business ability has gained a high place in agricultural circles of the community. He was born in the district where he now resides on the 25th of December, 1866. His father, Anton Nooyen. came from his native country of Holland to the United States when he was twenty-four years of age and settled immediately in Green Bay, where for four years he worked in the lumber camps operated by Senator Isaac Stephenson. During this time he married Miss Annie Schraw, a native of Germany, and immediately afterward purchased forty acres of land in Humboldt township. This was a tract of undeveloped land, covered with dense timber. With resolute energy Mr. Nooyen applied himself to the task of clearing and cultivating the farm. From the first trees which he cut down he built a Log cabin, in which Mathias Nooyen of this reviewwas born. Little by little the entire tract was brought under the plow and later the father added to his holdings until at the time of his retirement in 1 90 1 he was an extensive landowner. When he gave up active identification with agricultural pursuits he bought a small piece of land in New Franklin and upon this he resided until his death in 1904, when he was seventy-five years of age. His wife passed away three weeks later, at the age of sixtysix.

Mathias Nooyen is one of a family of ten children. He attended the district schools of Humboldt township and from an early age assisted his father with the work of the farm. After laying aside his books he spent nine winters in the northern Wisconsin lumber camps, but at the age of twenty-eight returned to Brown county and purchased a farm of sixty acres, upon which he has since resided. He remodeled the house and built a fine barn and installed all the necessary equipments for the operation of a model agricultural enterprise. His property is intelligently conducted by a man who by training and instinct is an able and progressive farmer and it shows the result of his care and supervision in its excellent condition. He

Mr. Nooyen married, in 1895, Miss Sophia Bins, a daughter of Michael Bins, of Humboldt township. They became the parents of eight children : Albert and Agnes, both of whom died in infancy ; Anton ; Frank ; Katherine ; Edward ; Walter ; and Alvina. The family are devout adherents of the Roman Catholic religion and attend St. Killian's church in Scott township.

Mr. Nooyen gives his allegiance to the democratic party and is active in public affairs of his native district. For three years he served as township supervisor and was then elected to the office of assessor. In 1906 he was made township treasurer and is still serving, bringing to the discharge of his official duties the same steady perseverance, conscientiousness and progressive spirit, which have influenced and hastened his prosperity.

Anton G. Oldenburg

Anton G. Oldenburg was fifty-two years of age when called to his final rest. Almost his entire life had been passed in Green Bay and he had ever enjoyed the confidence and good will of his fellow townsmen, his warmest friends being among those who had known him from his youth. He was born on the west side of Green Bay, June 18, 1856, and represented one of the pioneer families of the state, his parents being Gerald and Margaret Oldenburg. His father was born in Germany in 1816 and came to the United States in 1849, taking up his residence in Green Bay, where he became prominent in public affairs. For some years he served as supervisor and it was he who planted the trees about the old courthouse. He and a Mr. Blesch were the founders of the Green Bay Turner Hall and the Turner Society. After a useful and well spent life he passed away June 8, 1890, and his wife, who survived him about ten years, died in 1900, at the age of sixty-two. In their family were two sons and two daughters, who are still living, namely : Henry, a successful attorney of Carlton, Minnesota ; Louis, a member of the Oldenburg-Krippner Furniture Company of Green Bay; Sophia, the wife of Rev. August Kopplin, a Methodist minister of Green Bay ; and Miss Emelia Oldenburg, who lives at the old homestead on Third street.

At the usual age Anton G. Oldenburg began his education in the public schools and as the years passed by he continually added to his knowledge, for he learned many valuable lessons in the school of experience. With the exception of a few years spent in Crystal Falls and in Fond du Lac he remained a lifelong resident of Green Bay and won for himself a creditable and honorable position in business circles, being widely known as a prominent business man on the west side. From his boyhood he was connected with the undertaking business, being his father's chief helper for many years, and after the latter's death became the prime factor in both the furniture and undertaking business, in which he engaged in partnership with his brother. In 1892, however, he erected the building near the bridge on West Walnut street where now is conducted a hardware store and, removing into it, he carried on business as an undertaker. He sold out in 1895 and removed to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where he became connected with the Nehrbass Casket Company, now called the Northern Casket Company. In 1907, however, he returned with his family to Green Bay and resumed the undertaking business. He gave close and undivided attention to his interests, was always carefully considerate of those whom he employed and as the years went by built up a business of large proportions.

On the 25th of February, 1880, Mr. Oldenburg was united in marriage to Miss Ida Williams, who was born on the east side of Green Bay, a daughter of George and Blanch (De Laruelle) Williams. On the paternal side her ancestors were of English origin and the line included Roger Williams, of Puritan fame. The father of George Williams was one of a family of thirteen children, most of whom made their home in Xew York state. He died in Buffalo but his wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret McCullough, passed away some years later in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Of their family only two sons, Isaac and George, came to Brown county. It was at a very early day that George Williams came to Green Bay from Buffalo and for a time engaged in driving a stage from this city to Fond du Lac. He was also superintendent of a furnace and had other business connections, remaining here up to the time of his death in 1879. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Second Wisconsin Cavalry. In his family were five children, all of whom are still living, namely : Charles, the oldest mail carrier in Green Bay ; Henry, also a resident of this city; Ida, now Mrs. Oldenburg; Florence, the wife of Charles Kaufman ; and George, a resident of the state of Washington. To Mr. and Mrs. Oldenburg were born five children : Edith F., who died at the age of twenty-three years ; Raymond, who married Annie Foerster, of Green Bay, and is conducting the business established by his father ; Natalie; George; and Gerald.

Mr. Oldenburg was prominent in fraternal circles, holding membership with the Knights of the Maccabees, the Royal Arcanum and the Modern Woodmen of America. His religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church and his life was actuated by high and honorable principles, which made his death the occasion of deep regret not only to his immediate family but to his manv friends throughout the citv.

John R. Ruel

John R. Ruel is now retired from active work after having been identified with various lines of business activity in Wisconsin since he was twentysix years of age. He was born May 30, 1858, and is a son of John and Alary (Golden) Ruel, natives of Ireland. His father's birth occurred in Tipperary, and he came to America when he was a young man, settling in B-own county, Wisconsin, where he followed farming. He was success- ful as an agriculturist and was identified with that line of activity until his death, which occurred in 1870 when he was fifty-one years of age. His wife came to the United States with her parents and settled in Brown county, where her father, J. Golden, became well known as a general farmer. She and her husband had five children, three of whom are still living: John, the subject of this review; Edward, of Green Bay; and Peter, who lives in De Pere.

John R. Ruel was reared on his father's farm and after he completed his education in the public schools of Brown county, assisted in the operation of the home place. This he conducted until he was twenty-six years of age, at which time he established himself in the general mercantile business, opening a store in Wrightstown. For six years he gave his attention to that enterprise, selling out eventually and accepting a position as a traveling salesman. He successfully continued in that occupation for nine years and later was engaged in the lumber business in Marinette county for seven years, at the end of which time he resumed his position as a commercial traveler and by industry, hard work and that instinctive knowledge of men which is the basis of true salesmanship, gained a gratifying degree of success. He is now living retired in Green Bay, where he has many acquaintances and friends.

Mr. Ruel married Miss Ellen M. Eagan, who was born in Wrightstown in 1854. She is a daughter of one of the old settlers in Brown county, her father having come to America in his early youth and purchased land in that section where he farmed until his death. To Mr. and Mrs. Ruel have been born eight children: Ellen May, who lives at home; Myrtle, the wife of A. Parmentier, of Green Bay ; and Frances, Ethel, Iona, Gertrude, Golden, and Marilla, all of whom live at home.

Mr. Ruel is a Roman Catholic in his religious belief and is a member of the Order of Foresters affiliated with that church. His political views are democratic and he is an active worker in the interests of his party, believing in the efficacy of the principles which it advocates. In the fall of 1912 he was a candidate for county treasurer and was defeated at the primaries by only twenty-five votes.

Peter L. Tickler

Prominent among the enterprising, progressive and successful business men of Green Bay is numbered Peter L. Tickler, proprietor of a well equipped hardware store. He was born in this city in i860, a son of Henry and Ida (Thomas) Tickler. His parents were married in Amsterdam, Holland, and in 1851 came to the United States with their two children, Albert and Henry. They made their way direct to Green Bay and the father secured employment in the old Astor planing mill, the only establishment of the kind in the city at that time. He afterward followed the carpenter's and builder's trade, working for Morgan L. Martin and many of the pioneers. He erected many residences and business blocks and thus became closely associated with the substantial improvement of the city. After the arrival of the family in Green Bay eight children were added to the household, making a family of five sons and five daughters as follows : Albert, a resident of Green Bay ; Henry, who makes his home in New Orleans ; Mary, living in Green Bay; Peter L. ; Annie, the wife of Joseph Farnsworth of Green Bay ; Theodore, of this city who is a traveling salesman for Weiss & Holman; Ida, the wife of William Van Oss, of Green Bay; Rose, who died when forty-two years of age; Lewis, residing in Missoula, Montana; and Josephine, the wife of Edward Donlan, a resident of Missoula, now serving as state senator of Montana. The parents have both passed away, the mother having died in 1877 at the age of fifty-two years, while the father departed this life in 1905 at the age of seventy-five.

Peter L. Tickler was educated in the public schools of this city, pursuing his course in the consecutive grades until he entered the high school. He started in the business world as an employe of L. G. Scheller and later was connected with the Wisconsin Bridge Company. Fie worked in a planing mill for some time, but desirous to engage in business on his own account wisely utilized his opportunities and in 1891 joined S. A. Brown in opening a tin shop under the firm name of Brown & Tickler. Later they extended the scope of their business to include a stock of general hardware and the partnership relations between them were maintained until January 1, 1912, when Mr. Brown retired and Mr. Tickler became sole proprietor. He now enjoys an extensive trade, his business being one of growing proportions owing to his enterprising methods, his reasonable prices and his earnest desire to please his patrons.

Roland S. Burnett

Roland S. Burnett, who for some years has been successfully engaged in operating a stone quarry in Howard township, is a native of Brown county, his birth having occurred in the township where he now resides, on ,the nth of February. 1878. He is the eldest son of Emanuel Burnett, whose natal day was the 6th of June, 1842. The father, who is now living retired in the city of Green Bay, was one of the pioneers of Howard township, where for many years he successfully engaged in quarrying, thus acquiring a competence which enables him to spend his latter years in well earned ease and comfort. For his wife he chose Theresa Walker, a native of Howard township, and to them were born fourteen children, eight of whom are living, as follows: Minnie; Sarah; Margaret; Roland S., our subject; Emanuel, Jr., who is engaged in business with his brother, Roland; Abigail ; Royal ; and James.

Reared in a home of comfortable circumstances Roland S. Burnett received better advantages than fall to the lot of the average lad. At the usual age he began his education in the district schools of Howard township, which he continued to attend until he was a youth of sixteen. He next spent ten months in a business college at Green Bay, following which he entered the Oshkosh Normal School, at Oshkosh, this state, of which institution he was a student for three years. He was attending the normal school when the Spanish war hroke out, and together with a number of his fellow students joined a company, organized and drilled in the school, preparatory to going to the front if need be. They offered their services to the nation but were never called out. When he left the normal school Mr. Burnett returned home and took the position of foreman in his father's stone quarry, where he has ever since been engaged. He is energetic and enterprising in matters of business and met the responsibilities of his position so efficiently that he was gradually able to relieve his father of the greater portion of his duties, thus enabling the latter to live retired. He and his brother Emanuel, Jr., now have entire charge of the quarry, which they are operating with marked success, and are numbered among the representative business men of the community.

At Green Bay. on the 29th of May, 1907, Mr. Burnett was married to Miss Cecelia Masse, a daughter of Alphonso and Mary (Manning) Masse, the father a cigar manufacturer of Green Bay, and to them have been born two children, Roland, Jr., and Kathleen Madalene.

Mr. and Mrs. Burnett are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, and fraternally he is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America. Politically he is independent, giving his support to such men and measures as he deems best adapted to serve the highest interests of the people. A young man of excellent habits, upright principles and commendable business methods, Mr. Burnett enjoys the respect and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances, the majority of whom have known him from boyhood and regard him as a worthy representative of an honored pioneer family.

The men who follow the professions of law, medicine or the ministry are always in some degree set apart by their fellow citizens as the guardians of something high and sacred. They are the helpers of mankind in their different directions and in their varying degrees they aid their fellowmen. Particularly is this true of the profession of medicine. The doctor sees the heart of the world and accordingly as his mental sensibilities are finegrained and his humanitarian instincts well developed will he be a success or failure in his profession. A doctor who regards his profession as more than a mere means to material success is J. R. Minahan, who ranks very high among the surgeons of America, and is one of the most able and successful surgeons in the state, at Green Bay. Wisconsin. He is a native of this state, having been born at New Holstein, Calumet county, September 6, 1862. His parents were William B. and Mary Minahan. His father was a native of Ireland and came to this country with his parents in 1840. They settled first on a. farm in New York state where William Minahan remained until i860, when he came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in Calumet county. He became very prominent in this district during his life, was superintendent of schools for eighteen years and kept his political policy consistently republican. He died in 1906 at the age of seventy-three years. His wife's death occurred in 1902, when she was sixty-three years of age, and both are buried in the Allouez cemetery.

Dr. Minahan attended the country schools of Calumet county and entered the Chilton high school at the age of twelve years. Upon his graduation he attended the State Normal School at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he remained for two years, graduating at the age of about nineteen years. From 1880 until 1885 he taught school in Calumet county and also Mequon, abandoning this occupation to enter Rush Medical College at Chicago, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1889. He started practicing at Casco, Kewaunee county, Wisconsin, and remained there until his removal to Green Bay in December, 1891, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession with remarkable success since that time. He is an indefatigable student. He keeps his knowledge modern and his methods and equipment thoroughly up-to-date by constant reading of the newest medical journals and the most approved medical books. He is a member of the county, state and national medical associations, is prominent in the Western Surgical Association and is one of the best known physicians in this county. In the course of his career as a medical practitioner he has acquired considerable fortune which he has increased by judicious investment in local enterprises. He erected and owns the Minahan building, the most handsome and modern business block in the city, in which his offices are located and is also proprietor of the Green Bay Theater and owner of the Bill-Posting Company of this city. Ever since his arrival here he has been identified with St. Vincent's Hospital and is a member of the staff of that institution. He and his brother, Dr. R. E. Minahan, have beautifully appointed and thoroughly modern operating rooms attached to the hospital, each having his own private operating room and attendants, where every morning they devote their time and skill to suffering humanity. Dr. Minahan holds the position of surgeon for the Green Bay & Western Railroad, the Chicago & Northwestern, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Green Bay, Kewaunee & Sturgeon Bay lines. He is not active in political circles although he always votes the republican ticket. He is a very prominent member of the order of Elks and is first vice president of the state organization. The Minahan building in which his offices are now located and which he erected is one of the largest office buildings in this city, being six stories in height. The exterior is plain white, and it does much to beautify Green Bay. It contains a large clothing store, a drug store, a buffet and the offices of many professional men of Green Bay. The government weather bureau is also located therein and from its top are displayed the flags and lights, which by day and night send forth their warnings to the sailing craft of the bay. The electric Light Companv occupies a large amount of space in the basement of this building, having a franchise for lighting a large part of the city and also the Sherwood Hotel. The building is operated under the name of the Minahan Building Company.

Dr. Minahan has two sons, John and Robert, both students of the public schools of this city. He is now fifty years old, in the prime of his career, which has been distinguished during its entire course by concentrated industry. Dr. Minahan is a hard worker, being a firm believer in the efficacy of labor, and urged on by the thought of that night, which "cometh wherein no man can work."

John Peter Miller

John Peter Miller is engaged in the contracting and house moving business at Green Bay and in this connection is widely known. He is also a representative of one of the pioneer families of the city, for his parents located here in 1845. It was on the 9th of September of the following year that John Peter Miller was born, a son of Jacob Miller, who was a farmer by occupation and came to America in 1845. He made his way to Green Bay, where he followed gardening and also worked as a general laborer. He at one time owned and occupied the old Jourdain home, which is used as one of the illustrations in the historical volume. He married Margaret Hopbrecht, who was also born in Germany, in the same locality in which her husband's birth occurred. He died in January, 1890, when eighty-four years of age, and his wife passed away at the age of eighty-two. They were one of the oldest German families living in Green Bay and here they reared their seven children, of whom two are living, Nicholas and John, the former also mentioned in this volume.

After acquiring his education in the schools of Green Bay, John P. Miller engaged in teaming to the age of twenty-six years, when he turned his attention to the business of house moving. He was also an engineer in the canal work for the United States for two seasons but for a long period has concentrated his energies and attention upon house moving and general contracting. He was given the contract for the St. Paul Railway offices, the freight house and other extensive buildings here. The extent and importance of his business affairs render him a leading citizen of Green Bay and to him is accorded a most liberal patronage in his line. Pie is prompt and faithful in the execution of his contracts, at all times reliable, and he understands his work so thoroughly that the best results are always accomplished.

In 1868 Mr. Miller was married to Miss Magdalene Fedemeyer, who was born December 12, 1842, in Luxemburg, Germany, a daughter of William and Magdalene Fedemeyer, who came to America in 1846, making their way to Milwaukee, the father owning property where now stands the Gimbel store. He was a tailor by trade. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born the following named children : Jacob W., now a business man of Dubuque, Iowa, married Julia Lehan and they have one daughter, Mary. George A. is an engineer living in Seattle, Washington. Charles L., a machinist of Green Bay, married Ella Knapp and they have an adopted son, Russell. Robert H. is an engineer of Green Bay. Grace M. is acting

The family are communicants of St. John's Catholic church and Mr. Miller also belongs to the Holy Name Society. In politics he is a democrat well informed concerning the questions and issues of the day but never seeking nor desiring office, yet he is not remiss in the duties of citizenship and manifests an active interest in good government and those projects which tend to advance the general welfare.

Mrs. Annie Borrmeans

Mrs. Annie Borrmeans, the widow of Alphonso Borrmeans, resides on section 16, Howard township, and is well known in Brown county, having spent her entire life here. Her birth occurred in Howard township on the 4th of January, 1875, her parents being Peter and Ricka (Adolph) Marto. The father, who was born in Finland on the 24th of April, 1854, emigrated to the United States as a young man and took up his abode in the town of Howard in this county. He still lives here and has devoted his time and energies to general agricultural pursuits throughout his entire business career, enjoying a reputation as one of the substantial and esteemed citizens of the community. His wife was called to her final rest in 1896.

Annie Marto attended the Chappie school in the town of Howard until twelve years of age, while during the next seven years she remained at home and assisted in the household duties. On the 17th of June, 1894, she gave her hand in marriage to Alphonso Borrmeans and undertook the care of a home of her own. She lost her husband on the 29th of September, 1910, and since that time has had charge of the garden of forty-two acres together with six head of cattle and three horses. Under her able management the property has remained productive and valuable and she is also an expert butter maker, selling her butter in the city of Green Bay. She has seven children and is providing them with good educational as well as other advantages. They are named as follows : Lena, Peter, Frank, Angeline, Philimine, Audrey and William. Mrs. Borrmeans belongs to St. Wallebrod's congregation of the Holland church at Green Bay and exemplifies its teachings in her daily life.

Arthur Peeters

For more than sixteen years the name of Peeters has been successfully identified with the industrial interests of Green Bay, the family now being ably represented in the person of Arthur Peeters, one of the partners in the Peeters Baking Company, which enterprise was founded by his father. The latter is a native of Hoboken, Belgium, whence he emigrated to the United States in the early '90s with his parents, who came direct to Brown county, where many of their fellow countrymen had located and were meeting with a goodly measure of success in the development of their various interests. Upon his arrival here the father turned his attention toward agricultural pursuits, acquiring ten acres of land in the vicinity of this city, which he cultivated for five years. At the expiration of that time he left his farm and went into partnership with a friend in the establishment of a bakery. He severed his connection with the enterprise after operating it for a short time and coming to Green Bay established a bakery on Pine street. Five years later he removed his shop to East River, where he continued for five years and then sold out to E. Andre. He in turn purchased the business of H. Miller on Broadway, but at the end of another two years he likewise disposed of this and withdrawing from business activities retired to his farm. As he was thoroughly familiar with every detail of the trade and conducted his business in a first class manner, giving full and fair measure combined with superior quality, he prospered. His undivided attention is now given to the cultivation and improvement of his attractive farm. It is a valuable holding of fifty acres, located within the city limits, and not only affords him a good income but is a most desirable place of residence. Mr. Peeters is still in his prime, having only passed the fifty-second anniversary of his birth. Our subject is the eldest in a family of nine, whose other members are as follows : Mary, the wife of Alphonso Perion, of Green Bay ; Louis, also a resident of Green Bay ; Frank, who is assisting his father with the work of the farm ; Rosa, who married T. Rassmussen, of Green Bay ; and John, Amanda, Nora and Lucy, all of whom are living at home. All but the three last named were born in Belgium.

The education of Arthur Peeters was begun in the schools of his native land and completed in those of Brown county. After laying aside his textbooks he entered the employ of his father, under whom he received his commercial training and subsequently learned the baker's trade. He continuously followed this vocation here and elsewhere, spending eighteen months in the western states, until 1906. After his marriage he engaged in railroading for two years, and then bought out his father's business. The store was located on Broadway at that time, but soon after taking possession Mr. Peeters removed to the old stand on East River. Two years later he took John Christensen into partnership, the business having since been conducted under the name of the Peeters Baking' Company. This is not only one of the oldest establishments of the kind in the city but they maintain one of the largest plants, giving employment to thirteen people. They sell to both the wholesale and retail trade and as they are careful to conform to a high standard of commercial integrity, utilizing a good quality of materials in the manufacture of their products, are being accorded a large and constantly increasing patronage, shipping their goods throughout the surrounding country. In connection with their bakery they operate an ice cream and confectionery parlor and a grocery store, dealing exclusively with the retail trade in the last named departments.

The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. Arthur Peeters was formerly Miss Marie Dedeycker. She was born in Belgium on the 22A of July, 1889, and is a daughter of Peter Dedeycker. The father, who is a miner, was for many years employed in the mining districts of northern Michigan and Wisconsin. To Mr. and Mrs. Peeters have been born two daughters: Viola, who is five years of age ; and Evelyn, who has passed the fourth anniversary of her birth.

The family attend the Roman Catholic church, in the faith of which the parents were reared. Mr. Peeters is a socialist having become an adherent of that party since he first began to study the questions of the day. He has been a member of the National Fraternal League of Green Bay for two years. He is one of the city's diligent and enterprising young business men, and in the development of his interests is meeting with the success that invariably rewards intelligent effort zealously employed in the achievement of a definite purpose.

Harry E. B Asci If

Harry E. Basche, who for many years was identified with the lumber interests of Green Bay but is now engaged in the saloon business heie, is descended from one of the oldest families in the city. His birth here occurred on the nth of September, 1864, his parents being Mitchell and Annetta Basche. The father was born in Germany but at the age of five years emigrated to the United States with his family, who came direct to Green Bay, being among the earliest pioneers of the city. Mitchell Basche was here reared to manhood and subsequently learned the carpenters' trade, which he followed during the remainder of his active life. He passed away at the age of seventy-three years. Six of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Basche are still living, our subject being the eldest. In order of birth the others are as follows: Ella, the wife of L. Bowers, of 539 Jefferson street, this city; Fred, who is a lumber inspector of Green Bay; Richard, also a resident of this city ; Hattie, the wife of A. Seward, of Milwaukee : and William, who is weighmaster of Green Bay.

The early life of Harry E. Basche was in every way similar to those of other lads reared in homes of the same circumstances. He attended the public schools until he had mastered the common branches, and then laid aside his text-books and became a wage earner. His early efforts in this direction were like those of other youths who have not been trained for any particular line of work. He followed various occupations for a time but subsequently engaged in clerking for six years. Later he became a member of the volunteer fire department, in which he held all of the offices, having served for years as driver. For two years he was fireman on the Milwaukee & Northern Railroad, now the Milwaukee & St. Paul, but at the expiration of that time he turned his attention to commercial pursuits again, and for eighteen years was engaged in the lumber business. He subsequently withdrew from this and opened the saloon he is now conducting.

- For his wife and helpmate Mr. Basche chose Miss Carolina Miller, a daughter of Nicholas Miller, and to them have been born the following children: Cora, who married John Kroening, living at 124 Eleventh street,

Green Bay; A. A., a machinist of this city, who married Viola Collard ; Frank, an assistant machinist, living at home ; and Philip, assistant machinist for the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, also at home.

Mr. Basche is a convert to the Catholic faith. His fraternal relations are confined to the Royal Arcanum lodge. Having passed his entire life in Green Bay, he is well known and has many friends, the majority of whom were comrades of his boyhood.

Charles H. Quackenbush

Modern business requires for its successful operation unique qualities of mind and temperament. To succeed a man must have an alert, active, intelligence, a breadth of view and a liberal outlook, combined with industry, integrity and cool judgment. All these qualities Charles H. Quackenbush. manager of the Cargill Elevator Company, possesses in a remarkable degree. He has been identified all during his business career with grain interests in Green Bay and has occupied his present position since 1908.

Mr. Quackenbush is a native son of Wisconsin. He was born in Pinehill, Jackson county, July 23, 1870, and is a son of George and Josephine (Keith) Quackenbush. The family have been in America since pre-revolutionary times and its representatives have been prominent in industrial circles in this country for many years. Mr. Ouackenbush's father is a native of New York state and came to Pinehill, Wisconsin, in 1854. He farmed in Jackson county for a short time and later removed to Whitehall, this state. He served during the Civil war in the Twenty-fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out with honorable discharge in 1865.

The public schools of Whitehall, Wisconsin afforded Charles H. Quackenbush his early educational opportunities. He laid aside his books at the early age of fourteen and assisted his father in the work on the farm until he was nineteen years of age. In 1889 he became associated with H. E. Gettz & Company as grain buyer for that concern and has been actively engaged in the elevator and grain business in Green Bay since that time. He remained in his first position one year when he entered the employ of the W. W. Cargill Company in the capacity of buyer. He was stationed first at Sherwood, Wisconsin, and after one year of service in that city removed to Chilton in the same state, where he remained for three years. He rapidly gained a knowledge of grain values and the different grades of grain and became an expert judge in his line. He had a keen business instinct and a talent for salesmanship, and he made a remarkable record as a grain buyer. His advancement with the W. W. Cargill Company was rapid from the time of his association with it. After three years spent in Chilton he was appointed to the position of traveling superintendent with charge of all the Wisconsin stations operated by the company. He remained in this capacity for several years, traveling from place to place and keeping his territory under his personal supervision. He then returned to Green Bay to accept the position of assistant manager and acted in that capacity until he was promoted to the office of manager with charge of the operation of the Terminal Elevator at Minneapolis. He remained in that city for two years and returned to Green Bay at the expiration of that time to take up his present position as manager of the Cargill Elevator Company. Mr. Quackenbush is capable of a rapid grasp of the situation, and during the many years of his activity has made a thorough study of the values and different grades Gf grain. He is an expert judge of barley and his opinion upon any subject relating to his particular line is eagerly sought and it is conceded by the leading grain men that he is one of the most expert barley judges in the northwest. Aside from his activities with the Cargill Elevator Company Mr. Ouackenbush also occupies the position of general manager of all the Wisconsin county and southern Minnesota elevators and is also in charge of the Terminal Elevator at Green Bay. There are at the present time over one hundred institutions of this kind operating under his administration in the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

On July 22, 1894, Charles H. Ouackenbush was united in marriage to Miss Mary Thomas, a daughter of Henry and Gertrude Thomas, the former a pioneer blacksmith and wagon manufacturer of Sherwood, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Ouackenbush are the parents of one son, Earl, who is a student in the Green Bay public schools.

In his political affiliations Mr. Quackenbush is a consistent republican but his responsibilities in the management of his large grain interests prevent his taking an active part in public affairs. His positition calls for a thorough, special knowledge of grain values, for a broad executive ability and a power of management, and upon his possession of these qualities Mr/ Ouackenbush has founded a remarkably successful and still advancing business career.

Godfrey Jones Xejedlo

As a member of the firm of Xejedlo Brothers, Godfrey J. Nejedlo is associated with the affairs of one of the oldest grocery establishments in the city and has been an important influence in its growth. He was born in Montpelier, Kewaunee county, November 10. 1868, a son of John and Barbara Nejedlo. The father was born near Prague, Bohemia, and came to America when he was still a young man, settling on a small tract of land near Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where he followed farming for some time. When he abandoned agricultural pursuits he became a partner in the operation of a steam gristmill, one of the first of its kind in this part of the state. He remained in Cooperstown, where the mill was located, until he disposed of his interest in the enterprise, after which he removed to Door county, where he farmed for some time. It was in 1872 that he took up his residence in Green Bay, where he lived practically retired until his death. He became well known in political circles of the city and held various important public offices, including those of town clerk and town treasurer. In America he married Miss Barbara Wesley, whose father was a farmer in Kewaunee county, and they became the parents of nine children :

John, who is living in Montpelier; Louis A., of Bayview Beach; Zath A., who is now in the thirtieth year of his service in the employ of the Northwestern Railroad Company at Green Bay; Frank; Mitchell R. ; Godfrey Jones, of this review; Albert L., who is in partnership with his brother Godfrey: Joseph, a pressman living in Chicago; and James, a traveling salesman whose residence is in Green Bay.

Godfrey J. Nejedlo received his education in the public schools of his native section and began his career when he was twelve years of age. At that time he was employed as gardener in the old Smith gardens of Green Bay and retained his position for three years. Later he engaged in fishing and followed this line of occupation until he was twenty years old, abandoning it eventually in favor of carpentering and millwrighting, in which trades he became proficient and continued for five years. He later entered into partnership with his brother Albert, operating a grocery store under the firm name of Nejedlo Brothers, with which he is identified at the present time. It is a well established business concern and its owners, having steadily adhered to the honest and upright standards and to the progressive ideas upon which they founded the business, have met with well deserved success and have seen their enterprise expand along modern lines. Godfrey Nejedlo has given his energies and ability to the promotion of its advancement and is regarded as a representative of the highest business qualifications.

Mr. Nejedlo was united in marriage to Miss Anna Lynch Duff, who was born in New York city. March 4, 1872. They have one daughter, Genevieve, whose natal day was December 9, 1899. Mr. Nejedlo is well known in the affairs of the Modern Woodmen of America and has many friends in Green Bay, who respect him for the qualities of industry and discrimination which have marked his business career and for the personal characteristics which gain him the esteem of all with whom he comes in contact.

August Daems

The success which crowns persistent effort and careful management has come to August Daems, who for many years was engaged in the bakery business and is now living retired at Green Bay, for the rewards of his former labor are such as supply him with all of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life without recourse to further business activity. He was born in Langdorp, Brabant, Belgium, February 19, 1846, and is a cousin of the celebrated priest, Father Damien. He comes of an old Belgium family, his parents being Jacobus and Patronella (De Kock) Daems. The father was a merchant in his native country, owned and operated a ferry boat and also engaged in various other business enterprises. He died in 1853 at the age of sixty years, while his wife, who was born in 1801, passed away in 1884. Among their children a daughter died at the age of ninety-four, and a son passed away in 1910 at the venerable age of eighty-eight.

August Daems is the only surviving one of a family of seven children. He attended school until seventeen years of age and later engaged in the bakery business in connection with a sister. He was afterward employed for four years in a bakery in Brussels and he followed his trade in the employ of others until his marriage. lie afterward engaged in the bakery business on his own account in Belgium until 1882, when he came to Green Bay with a Belgian colony. In this country he was first employed as cook in the lumber camps but in 1883 opened a bakery on Main street and is now the oldest living representative of his trade in Green Bay. A year after establishing his business in this city he removed to Adams street and rented another bakery on Main street, where he built his first oven. He continued to occupy rented property until he erected his own building, to which he removed his business. Subsequently he built the bakery which is now occupied by his son-in-law. He remained an active factor in the trade circles of the city until 1904, when he retired, having invested his money largely in real estate. From the outset his bakery business grew, for the excellence of the output and his reasonable prices commended him to the public patronage. As the years passed by, his success increased and he came in time to be reckoned with the more prosperous and representative business men of his adopted city.

Mr. Daems was married to Regine Bekaert, who was born in Belgium in 1843 and a daughter of Norbert and Sophia (Van der Zicker) Bekaert, the latter a representative of Flemish nobility. Mrs. Daems was one of a family of five children and has a brother, Benjamin, still living. By her marriage she has become the mother of four children : Theodore, of Oconto Falls, who married Vina Schuetzle and has two children : Emma, the wife of D. Willart ; Celina, at home ; and one deceased, also named Emma.

August Daems was reared in the Catholic faith and he is one of the charter members of the Knights of Wisconsin. For the past eight years he has been president of St. Joseph's Society and is deeply and helpfully interested in the various lines of church work. He started out in life emptyhanded and, while possessing laudable ambition, he never took unwarranted risks but with sound judgment directed his efforts until his labors brought him prosperity.

Robert W. H. Hoppe

Robert W. H. Hoppe, who is the oldest tailor in Green Bay, where he is conducting the business founded by his father thirty years ago, was born in Strassburg, Germany, on the 13th of November, 1856. He is a son of Albert Johann Gottlieb and Augusta (Schrodt) Hbppe, who were born, reared and married in Strassburg, the father's natal day being the 4th of June, 1827. In 1872, the family emigrated to the United States, locating in Green Bay, where the father, who was a tailor, followed his trade during the remainder of his life. The paternal grandfather was a shoemaker in Germany. The father passed away June 28, 1899, at the age of sixty-nine years, but the mother is still living at the venerable age of eighty-two years, being born December 17, 1830, and makes her home with our subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Hoppe were born six sons, of whom our subject is the eldest. There are but two of the others now living: Theo, who is a tailor in Green Bay; and Paul O., a tailor of Eugene, Oregon.

The education of Robert W. H. Hoppe was acquired in the common schools of his native land, where he passed the first sixteen years of his life. He subsequently learned the tailor's trade from his father, who, on his retirement sold his business to our subject, who still continues it.

Mr. Hoppe was first married in Green Bay, December 7, 1879, to Miss Josephine Mattern of Monroe, Wisconsin, who died after eighteen years of happy married life at the early age of thirty-nine years, on October 1, 1897. She had become the mother of a son and a daughter, both of whom died in infancy.

For his second wife Mr. Hoppe chose Mrs. Sophia (Pahl) Hoppe, the widow of Albert Hoppe, a brother, and a daughter of Albert and Louisa (Kramer) Pahl, natives of Germany, the ceremony taking place June 19, 1899. Mrs. Hoppe by her first marriage had two sons: Albert, who is twenty-seven years of age, a resident of Green Bay ; and Julius, also a resident of Green Bay.

The family are members of the German Lutheran church. Fraternally Mr. Hoppe is affiliated with the Royal Arcanum, and held the office of collector in that organization for eighteen years; the Maccabees; the Knights and Ladies of Honor, of which he is financial secretary; and the Green Bay Turn Verein. Mr. Hoppe shows in his business taste, skill and care, and as he carries a high-grade and up-to-date line of materials and is reliable, enjoys a large patronage, among a most desirable class of people. He carries on his business in North Adams street, on the same site which he has occupied for fourteen years and as his trade has extended he has made many lasting friends, and his satisfied patrons are proof of the worth of his work and his honest business methods.

M. J. Heynen, well known in the musical circles of Green Bay as promoter and leader of an orchestra band and now serving as city treasurer, has come to be recognized as one of the valued and representative citizens of Brown county. He was born at Wavre, Belgium, December 22, 1869, and is a son of Martin and Adolphine (Collart) Heynen. The father was engaged in the wholesale meat business in Belgium, where he and his wife spent their entire lives. The son pursued his education in the Normal school at Namur, Belgium, and is also a graduate of the Brussels Conservatory of Music, cultivating a native talent for that art which has made him a valued factor in musical circles wherever he has lived. After completing his conservatory course he engaged in the conduct of a music house until 1897. when he left his native land and came to the United States, making his way direct to Green Bay. Here he has since been identified with musical interests of the city and established Heynen's band and orchestra which he still conducts. He holds to high standards in this organization and it has become one of the leading musical organizations of this part of the state. Mr. Heynen also takes an active and helpful interest in political affairs and was elected city treasurer, entering upon the duties of that office on the ist of May, 1912, for a two years' term.

In January, 1897, Mr. Heynen was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Servais, a daughter of Emil and Theresa Servais, of Belgium, who lived near Wavre. Mr. Heynen brought his bride to the United States and during the period of their residence here their home has been blessed with seven children, namely : Eugenie, Martina, Margaret, Emil, Gabriel, Harriet and Catherine.

Mr. Heynen holds membership with the Knights of Columbus of Green Bay and with the Elks lodge, No. 259. While a resident of Belgium he served for six years as a musician in the Queen's regiment band. His interest in music has always been deep and abiding and his broad study has brought him into close contact with the masters of the art. He believes in the interpretation of the best music that the populace may become familiar with the work of the leading composers and his orchestra and band have proven educative factors along musical lines. As a public official he is making a creditable record, carefully discharging the duties of his position, the work of which he has thoroughly systematized.